{"id":3465,"date":"2026-11-01T17:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/ar\/custom-vs-ready-made-furniture\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:34:04","slug":"custom-vs-ready-made-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/custom-vs-ready-made-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom or Ready-Made Furniture? A Guide for Riyadh Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>When furnishing a new home or redoing a room, the question comes up: buy ready-made, or have furniture made to order? Both have their place. This guide helps you decide what suits your space, budget and timeline.<\/p>\n<h2>When ready-made makes sense<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You need the piece within days.<\/li>\n<li>Your space is standard and available sizes fit it exactly.<\/li>\n<li>The piece is temporary or secondary (a rented guest room, for example).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When custom is the better choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exact fit:<\/strong> an irregular corner, a wall of a set length, or a dining table for a specific number of people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your choice of materials:<\/strong> wood type, finish colour, fabric and marble.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A complete set:<\/strong> table, sideboard and chairs from one collection in one finish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality you can see:<\/strong> you know who made your piece and where.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Quick comparison<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Ready-made<\/th>\n<th>Made to order<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Size<\/td>\n<td>Fixed sizes<\/td>\n<td>Made to fit your space<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Materials<\/td>\n<td>Limited to stock<\/td>\n<td>Your choice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Time<\/td>\n<td>Almost immediate<\/td>\n<td>Usually 3\u20135 weeks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uniqueness<\/td>\n<td>Found in many homes<\/td>\n<td>A piece made for you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Returns<\/td>\n<td>Usually possible<\/td>\n<td>Only for manufacturing defects, as it is made specially for you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/C2.jpg\" alt=\"Made-to-order wave-base buffet with gold base by Woodhouse\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<h2>How custom furniture works at Woodhouse<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Free consultation:<\/strong> share photos, measurements and your style, online or on WhatsApp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Design and quote:<\/strong> a design proposal, material samples and a clear fixed quote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making:<\/strong> your piece is made in our Riyadh workshop, and we keep you updated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delivery and installation:<\/strong> our own team delivers and installs, free within Riyadh.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>A tip before you start<\/h2>\n<p>Have the space measurements (length, width, height), the doorway and lift sizes, and two photos of the room from different angles ready. This cuts the design stage in half.<\/p>\n<p>Start with <a href=\"\/en\/custom-orders\/\">custom orders<\/a> to adjust an existing piece, <a href=\"\/en\/custom-fit-out\/\">custom fit-out<\/a> to furnish a room or whole home, or book your <a href=\"\/en\/interior-consultation\/\">free consultation<\/a> now. For dining table sizing, read our <a href=\"\/en\/dining-table-size-guide\/\">dining table size guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is made-to-order furniture better than ready-made? A comparison of fit, materials, time and price, plus how custom furniture works at Woodhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodhouse.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}